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north towards Kingsway, leaving an island of fine buildings between it and the Strand.The scheme for the development of the locality was completed in 1905, involving the demolition of twenty-eight

Extensions were opened eight years later which took its length to a record-breaking 7080 feet. An electric railway took people to the pierhead.

Eight miles offshore is the Eddystone Lighthouse, the fifth tower to stand on the famous reef and completed in 1882.

The song 'Men of Harlech' relates to its eight-year siege during the Wars of the Roses.

The song 'Men of Harlech' relates to its eight-year siege during the Wars of the Roses.

Thirty-eight millstone grit stones form the circle, which is about 100 feet across. The circle has an attractive setting on a little rise against Castlerigg Fell.

St Hilary's is one of only eight churches in the country dedicated to the saint. The lone tower dates back to the rebuilding of the 1530s, the rest of the church having been demolished in 1760.

In the churchyard is what is claimed to be the only weeping cross in Yorkshire, and around the base are eight niches in which sinners may kneel and seek repentance.

Eights such as this one start off about one and a half lengths behind one another, and each boat has to catch up with the one in front, thus 'bumping' it.

A Victorian guidebook noted that 'the coach excursionist will be saved the trouble of choosing his quarters, as the coaches usually set him down at the Carisbrooke Castle or the Eight Bells'.

Eights such as this one start off some one and a half lengths behind one another, and each boat has to catch up with the one in front, thus “bumping' it.

This photograph, taken from the bridge at Clare House Pier, shows a busy scene, with eight boats of varying sizes gathered around.

There is no known record of the history or appearance of this castle, which is situated eight miles south-west of Cardiff.

The eight daily coaches would have passed the Bull and Horseshoes at Potter Street, the Queen's Head at Churchgate Street, the Green Man at Mulberry Green and the George at the end of the High Street.

Another absentee rector put in a total of just six months' work during an incumbency lasting eight years; he claimed he was suffering from work-related stress.

This is a brick tower mill with eight patent shuttered sails and a fantail.

Located about eight miles north-west of Northampton, the village of Creaton used to comprise two communities - Great Creaton and Little Creaton.

Behind that stands a ruined chapel, perhaps two centuries older, and below it are eight remarkable shallow graves cut into the headland rock, possibly the tombs of priests or chiefs.

Were the eight boys reluctantly looking after the toddler for a busy mum? And what games were they planning with the two wheelbarrows?

Built between 1881 and 1882, these eight large houses were known as Granville Terrace. In 1897, a Mr Robert Stacey bought the first five houses and converted them into the Hotel Saint Cloud.

Here we look along the High Street, where most of the houses and cottages survive on the left but only No 62, then an antique shop, on the right.

north towards Kingsway, leaving an island of fine buildings between it and the Strand.The scheme for the development of the locality was completed in 1905, involving the demolition of twenty-eight

Skegness's most famous fairground ride was the Figure Eight, which was regarded as a worthy rival to Coney Island!

It is still Eights Week, but this time in 1922 and during a lull in the racing; this view is taken from just beyond where the River Cherwell meets the Thames.